Happy Chinese New Year!

We at Jettribe would like to share our insight of a huge holiday from a foreign land about 10,000 miles away. It is called Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year (Tet). This year of the Rabbit begins on February 3rd and ends about a month later! The Chinese New Year has been celebrated since the 14th century, that's over a thousand years! This holiday isn't just a 15 day celebration, but it is also a great time to gather around the dinner table with close friends and family. Not only do the Chinese/Vietnamese celebrate this holiday, this is an event that is celebrated all over the world, from Australia to London and even here in the U.S. Hey, you could just check out Little Saigon in Southern California. They are really whooping it up like it's 1999!

Chinese New Year has a lot of importance and traditions. But at Jettribe, the biggest significance is that our production and sampling will stop for a month or so. Jettribe owns, runs and has operated our production facility for the last 12 years. And it should not come as a big surprise that when Chinese New Year comes around the end of the year and tradition dictates a huge yearly "cash" bonus! This bonus and payroll is a killer...ouch! But seriously, our Jettribe/Vosh Asian staff work their butts off all year with unsurpassed dedication, and they deserve every bonus and time off.

This is a great time of the year for our Asian staff, a long vacation plus a pocket full of bonus cash! During this time they party like it was "Ho Chi Minh's 100th birthday." The drink of choice is "Rudei," a very strong rice wine that could probably power a jet-ski across the finish line, right after Rob Flores the Pro Ski Racer.

Usually during this time of year the Jettribe USA HQ takes time to plan new products and plan for the upcoming race season.

Happy Chinese New Year from the International Jettribe Family!